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L. BINDER BOX Filed Feb. 11.v 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVEEJTOR Ne I ATTORNE Patented Jan. 3, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

-LOUIS BINDER, OI NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

Application filed February 11, 1926. Serial No. 87,485.

This invention relates to an im roved box that is made by folding a blank cardboard to form side walls at the front and back and 7 end walls, these walls being formed to pro- 6 Vide abutting portions that are adapted to' The invention is illustrated in the accoman in drawin in which Figure 1 is a ers pec tive view of the blank before it is olded. Fi re 2 is a perspective view of the blank 0 Fi re 1 but showing it turned over and then olded to form the box body with the wall sli htly inclined. Figure 3 is a cross-section o the improved box showin the lid. Figure 4 is an enlarged side view 0 the corner of the box and Figure 5 is a front view of the same part. Figure 6 is a perspective view of a wooden stri used in the top edge of the side wall and igure 7 1s a perspective view of the end of the wall that recelves the part shown in Fi ure 6.

The blank is formed of car board by pasting together several sheets these sheets, usually three sheets being shown at 10, 11

5 and 12. The usual ci ar box -walls are about one-third of an inch thick and the blank is scored as shown at 13 by cutting it nearly through. While the blank is flat the faces of the walls are covered usually by the sheets of veneer 14 so that when the blank is folded up the box has the appearance of a wooden cigar box. The blank shown in Figure 1 is then-turned over and the walls folded up as shown in Figure 2 and the pressure is a plied to push the bottom in as shown in igure 3.

The usual ed in and corner strips are then pasted on t e %0x to conceal the corner joints which have been glued together and to give the box a "better appearance. These strips also give the usual identification or advertising matter. ,The to edge of one of the side walls shown as the ront wall 15 and often both side walls, including the back wall 16, are provided each with a wooden strip17 on the top edge, two of the layers as 10 and 11 being cutaway and the strip or layer 12 being extended to form a reces in which the strip 17 is seated, the veneer strip 14 on the outside also extending up to enclose at least the bottom part of strip 17. The wooden strip is cut away as at 18 to form a projecting shoulder 19 and the layer 12 is slmilarly cut as at 20 to form the shoulder 21. The recess so formed receives a shoulder 22 which extends laterally on each side at the top of the end walls 23 and 24.

The advantages of this construction are that the wooden strip 17 abuts or bears a ainst the side edges 25 of the end walls to ho d the side wallsagainst excessive inward bending or movement and also forms a solid abutment for the shoulders 22 of the end walls.

A further advantage of this construction is that the lid is hinged as by a strip 26 to a solid element sup lied by the strip 17 and the free end of the lid 27"is securely held down because the brad 28 is securely held by the strip 17 of the front wall. The cut edge and shoulder of the wooden strip is to prevent the top edges of the front and back walls which I call the side walls from being distorted as they would be if they were composed entirely of cardboard, in the boxing of cigars. When cigars are laid in abox in the factory the lid cannot be shut as the cigars are above the level of the top of the box. The boxes with the cigars in them are then stacked and these stacks are put under heavy pressure to squeeze them down so that the lids are all shut, and then the brads 28 are used to hold them shut. I find that in this mani ulation of the boxes the wooden strip as I install it withstands this pressure and the boxes hold their shape.

I claim:

1. A box comprising a blank of card board folded to form a bottom, side walls and end walls, a strip of wood forming the top of the side walls, the strip being cut away to form longitudinally extending shoulders on the bottom edge of the strip, the end walls having laterally extending shoulders at the top layer the remaining layers and the strip to fit against the ends of the strips above the being cut awa to form a recess and an 1 shoulders. extending sh0u der, the end walls each hav- 2. A box comprising a blank formed of ing a shoulder extending so as to enter the 5 thin layers of card board the blank being recess and bear against the end of the strip folded to form side walls and end walls, a on the side wall.

wooden strip extending along the top of one In testimony whereof I aflix m si ature.

of the side walls and alongside the inside LOUIS IN ER. 

